Picked up Far Cry Classic this morning on XBLA,been playing it for about 3-4 hrs,and gotta say its a bit underwhelming,maybe i was expecting something nearer to FC3/FC3 Blood Dragon but it doesn't look good,frame rate is pretty terrible with Helicopters and enemies vanishing and reappearing all the time...and the voice actings is hilariously bad(not Blood Dragon OTT type,but just bad)

pausing for automatic saving points and mission loads spoils the feel of an open world island map

I know its a rehash of a now 10 year old game,but still,even with the 'HD remake' tag it still looks terribly poor

I liked FF13,but only if i pretended it wasn't a FF game,i did plan on playing XIII-2 before part 3 but i really don't like the sound of the time thing

for FF overall i think its the move to action RPG/Third Person that has made the series lose its way somewhat(and make it no different from the others out there already),and from what i have seen from FF15 it looks pretty but doesn't look like anything is going to change

I would still like SE to do brand new XBLA/PSN final fantasy game in the style of the good old days...although i suppose people would rather see it on the handhelds

Thanks for the review Ron,i did skip the spoiler paragraph so thanks for the warnings

I like that idea of an 80s Porky's,trying to think what we had in the last decade that is a modern day Porky's and i can only think of American Pie,and while there was plenty of boobs and sick shit(the beer in the bedroom scene nearly made me chuck),Porky's always felt more risky,perhaps because i was younger when i saw them or perhaps because it was in the 50s where kids were supposed to be 'clean cut'

Need to watch them again TBH

I never did see About Last Night,i did see,and own on DVD St Elmo's Fire,which also starred Rob Lowe and Demi Moore

"Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition amplifies the 2.5-D game with new maps, enemy encounters, difficulty levels, batsuits, and enhanced visuals. A companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, players can continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight’s past. Featuring stealth gameplay, free-flow combat, and Batman’s famed arsenal of gadgets, the genuine Arkham experience is reproduced in a deep, action packed side-scrolling adventure."

And that side-scrolling Bat adventure is swooping onto XBLA next month, if the listing proves to be accurate (and it very obviously must be). Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition is slated to arrive on March 25th.

Game will be released between April and June,and the Wii U version(that was rumoured to be scrapped)will be delayed

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Ubisoft has confirmed that the Wii U version of Watch Dogs will come later than the other versions (Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PC).

“We made the difficult decision to further delay the release of Watch Dogs on Wii U to focus the team’s resources where they could have the broadest possible benefit for both our customers and Ubisoft,” CEO Yves Guillemot said during today's financial call.

"There was a videogame that came out a few years ago called Arkham City", he said, "which shows how when Gotham became this kind of walled prison and how it became a walled prison. And they never deal with that in the story of Escape From New York, so part of our idea was to kind of see how the city became this walled prison and how the Snake Plissken character was a hero and how he became not looked at as a hero".

He added that "and then, in the middle of the story would be the movie that we, you know, previously saw about the President’s daughter goes down, he has to go in and get her. And then, you know, they did a sequel, Escape From LA, but I would like to then kind of find a way to have New York go back to a place that we’d like to see what it is today".

From what I've read, the Japanese console market has been in decline for some time. I'm sure the PS4 will sell, but consoles in general aren't doing great over there.

Not sure anything that isn't small and cute sells in Japan.

Based on that theory alone the Bone is doomed in Japan.

Seriously though I didn't know the PS4 still hadn't launched in Japan. I wonder how many consoles Sony has ready to go for the launch? My guess is enough that you will see Sony trumpeting their new world wide sales numbers a month or so after launch.

The Bone was doomed in Japan even without that theory.

Yeah I know, I just like pointing out how Ginormous and ugly the Bone is. But I will never understand Japans resentment towards western video game products.

Actually, thinking about it, I'll bet the Bone will be huge in Japan, just so they can show us how mysteriously unpredictable they are.

I actually thought it had already launched over there ahead of the PS4,a quick look at the wiki page for Xb1 and it just says 2014

Like almost all console and game releases in Japan, I predict huge, huge sales in the first week and then a huge drop off right after that. I'm guessing 500k to 1 mil in her first week and then dropping down to about 50k per week.

really?,i can understand that with handhelds,but with Xbox not really making a dent in the Japanese market(not sure how XB1 is doing),surely Japanese gamers will lap the PS4 up?

I thought Outlast was out on the Store already so i went looking for it(its up later today for EU) and found Blacklight:Retribution,Warframe and War Thunder for free..whether good or bad,it's another three games added to my PS4 collection

well,this is disappointing,i was expecting it to be shorter than the main game later on,but not sure i want to pay 30 or 40 quid for 2hrs gameplay(not including side missions)(at GAME its £30 for last gen versions and £40 for current gen)

The prologue to Metal Gear Solid V comes out next month, and if you're expecting a nice chunk of Snake's story to keep you occupied until the full game is done, you should probably know that it's short. Really short.

Game Informer got their hands on a near-final build of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes for their March cover story, and they say they beat the game's main mission (not including side quests or special console-exclusive missions) in less than two hours. Less than two hours!

"Judged just by the core story mission, Ground Zeroes is short," Game Informer writes in the cover story (only available in the magazine, not online). "We completed it in just less than two hours."

Yeah i would probably pick it up again for either PS4 or Xb1,and then you have the PC crowd who are still hoping it wont pull a Red Dead Redemption on them and turn up,Rockstar have just said yesterday or the day before "At this point there's really nothing for us to say about that." when answering questions about a PC version...well,it's not a No is it?

I think that is where Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain go anyway,still hoping for a Metal Gear 1 and 2 remake in the future

I bought Port Ops for the PSP,but i was absolutely terrible with it due to PSP,so i watched it on Youtube instead,so when it came to Peace Walker,i stayed away ...which hurt.

Thankfully Metal Gear Solid HD Collection was released for the PS3/360 which included Peace Walker for the home consoles,so i played it like that on a normal controller and the big screen,it was a good game

I would suggest getting that(probably quite cheap now)...or do what i have just done and buy Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection for PS3 that includes all the games(Except Port Ops)

Previously declared the the "best-selling video game of 2013" in US, according to figures from US sales tracking firm NPD Group, GTA V looks set to soon break the record as the best-selling console game of all time.

The best-selling console game of all time (not bundled) is currently Mario Kart Wii, at 34 million units, meaning that Rockstar North has that record within reach.

Ahhhhh, I get it now. I went over to the store categories like you said, and when I enter the store through there the B button backs me out of the hierarchy as you'd expect it to. So when I couldn't find my game before, it was because the Store button took me straight to the Apps store, and since I came through the 'last used' store, there was indeed no way I could get to any games.

The Xbone UI, everyone! Where no two experiences are the same because fuck you, that's why.

Glad i am not the only one puzzled and a little lost with the new dash

Ubisoft has abandoned its main 'Watch Dogs' trademark, leading to speculation the game may receive a new title.

It was today uncovered that the French publisher filed an "express abandonment" on February 1 on the Watch Dogs trademark, which it had held since October 2012.

With outright cancellation highly unlikely, such a move would appear to suggest the firm will grace the open-world hacking game with a new title, although a simple administrative error also cannot be ruled out.

So i got my Xbox One on New Years Day and i got my Playstation 4 yesterday(Chinese New Year)

These are obviously my views so feel free to say i am wrong or tell me i am talking shit etc etc..everything i say now,won't mean much TBH because its always the games that matter so i expect it to be further down the line when i really pick out a favourite and buy the Multiplats for that machine(like i did for the 360 over the PS3) and keep the other for exclusives

The Actual Consoles ThemselvesWhen i picked up my Playstation 4 yesterday and again i had to walk home for 45 minutes and again in the rain like i did on New Years Day with the Xb1 under my arm,i noticed how very much lighter and thinner the PS4 box was.When i got home i was quite taken back that the PS4 was a lot smaller and yes lighter than the Xbox One and still didn't have a power brick like the Xbox One has.

IMO it looks nicer,the Xbox One looks very 1990's CDi to me which straightaway it reminded me of

Spoiler for Hiden:

whereas it looks like SONY has tried with the PS4 to make it look cool..and Blue lights always trump white lights

and no PSP memory card/SD Memory Card slots this time,just two USB sockets on the front for the PS4 and two on the back(and one more on the side) for the XB1

ControllerFWIW-I didn't think the 360 controller really needed changing much,the Xbox One controller gets rid of the ridge thing around the D-Pad so makes it much easier to use,but i just don't understand their logic of using 2 AA Batteries(or plug in the lead for P+P),it feels so frigging 20th Century,especially after even the PS3 got it right and again with the PS4 with not needing batteries,just plug and charge(with the USB cable that comes with the console) and its away,not another 20 quid for for the Plug and Play like for the XB1 controller

I prefer my controller sticks to be offset like the Xbox controller,other people are different but i can still easily use the parallel stick setting like the on the Playstation controllers guess i am used to both,both controllers fit decently in my hand.SONY do tend to go overboard with their features on their controllers though with the SIXAXIS i never used for the PS3 and now on the PS4 they have a mini touchpad in the centre and also a little speaker for ..something,again i most probably won't use those features and i use Turtle Beach Headphones when playing so that little speaker thing will be useless for me i thinkThe light on the PS4 controller is pretty useless as well,i can't see it,i hear it goes red when you are injured in Killzone,but again if i can't see it when playing games or even looking down at the controller when playing games(i would have to tip the controller up when looking down to see the light)....just no point

Both controllers i am very happy about,i think the Xbox One controller has the edge,but certainly worth noting that the PS4 controller is leaps and bounds better than the PS3 controller

Headsets that come with the consolesLets face it,they both look shit

The PS4 headset is one earpiece and a small mic on the lead and the Xb1 is a call centre type headset..all i can say here is just from looks the XB1 beats it,but i have no intention of using either,I don't speak or talk that much during online gameplay,so i will just wait until TB release a XP model(to use on both Xbox/Playstation),in the meantime i will carry on using my X11s for sound and always catch those people with big Mickey Mouse Clown Feet in Call of Duty

DashboardNot got a clue what Microsoft were thinking if they thought the Xb1 had a good dashboard,it doesn't!,trying to find things can take awhile,some things get rotated if you use something,so you resort to pins,that is if you don't use the voice activation on Kinect..which sometimes works sometimes does notThe PS4 dash,gets to the point,and its pretty easy to navigate its similar to the XMB of PS3,although i don't really get the 'library' option to access your games when they all appear separately on that column anyway,i would prefer the games i have on my PS4 HDD not appear there so that the Library option is of some use and it keeps my XMB(whatever this one is called)neater

If you are used to the Playstation Store navigation on the PS3 then this is more or less the same on the PS4,overall it could do with improving still,but its better than the XB1 Marketplace(but the 360 marketplace is better i think than all)

Downloads are a lot faster on the Store as well,I just downloaded DC Universe Online from the store at 28.1gb and it took about 1hr 10 minutes to download and it had installed as it was downloading,although it gives you an option to start the install before the download has finished,but i always just wait

I heard rumours that Microsoft's big update for the XB1 is this March,so the above is pointless until that happens,but it does add another point that it seems Microsoft have been caught short by SONY and MS have this 'this will do until then' attitude

FeaturesWith the HDMI out i can watch SKY TV on my Xbox by snapping inbetween game and programmes,TBH though the picture for SKY looked a lot less great than when i manually switched to SKY and the snap thing i got bored off and have not used it ..maybe later down the line(especially as i have now ran out of HDMI sockets on my SONY Bravia,and that includes using the Composite cables for the 360)

The PS4 doesn't have anything like that that i know of anyway

Playing Blu Ray movies,no problem on either(I did have a bit of stutter at the opening of Disc 2 of Fellowship of the Ring on the Xbox One,so i may try that on the PS4 and see if its the same)FWIW-you have to download an app to play the discs on the Xbox One and you don't have to on the PS4,but its not much of a download

I can't say much about games as i need to experience more,Online with the Xb1 and Call of Duty seems the same as 360,i have yet to go online with PS4(and yes i am a PS+ member)

So right now its the PS4 that is impressing me more,but i often remind myself that although i started as a PS2 fan at the start of the Century(jeez that long ago?),i ended that gen being an Xbox fan(original clunky Xbox),thanks largely to KOTOR and online play with SWBF,and take note i have only had the PS4 for 24 hrs

I Love DC,I love Superman,I Adore Batman and want to get lassooed by Wonder Woman,but each week I get more and more disinterested with this project,and that really shouldn't be..it's a Superhero movie FFS!!!,I should be drooling as i wait,counting down the days etc etc

I think Jeremy Irons as Alfred could work,but that's about it...not really excited for anyone else who have been cast,was very interested when the Mark Strong as Luthor rumours were running about,but now...now i am in the 'maybe i will be surprised' category with all those who have been cast

Played the maps for some time last night,pissed off that the first map i played Ignition was a map i had played before on one of the past CODs although TBH i have not been up to date on the news so i guess thats my bad...the map is okay i suppose,but probably my least favourite

and i see Dome is returning in a future map pack,probably one of my least favourite Call of Duty maps ever made,may as well fight in a matchbox instead

Fog would be an excellent map if it wasn't one of those 'spawn and get shot in the back' type maps,but i did enjoy exploring the map and seeing references to a few Horror films,Halloween with Michael Myers of course,but there is also a bridge that has been cut off with the ends upturned i think from Evil Dead

I was hiding in a shed,near some Petrol Pumps(Gas Pumps)and a big fat spider came down,so i decided to go hide someplace else,i also like the ghouls that fly about

Containment is not bad,a few different height levels to the map and a decent amount of buildings you can enter as well,i did not notice the framerate issues as Roman did,but TBH i played it only about 2-3 times last night,and its not everytime that the truck blows,so i will keep my eye out on that

BayView was quite a fun map,and a map i do decently on each time i played it,the tram was fun with me and afew others on my team riding it,only for someone to see us and kill us all,again a few buildings to enter and a passageway through the Aquarium

I didn't play the other stuff,whatever it is(the alien thing i think)

Oh and where is that option to stop it loading up the Single player game when you boot the game up,sick of sitting through the same loading screen each time and listening to that guy prattle on about Ghosts

Just realised that this is in £ not $,so £564,000 converts to something like $920,000+

Quote from: TiLT on January 31, 2014, 07:41:43 AM

The PS4 version will probably follow pretty soon. "Stay tuned" is the latest message from the devs. There's already an announced PS4 version of the game, but only for physical copies AFAIK. I'm kind of surprised Microsoft had a quicker turnover than Sony about this considering both companies' recent history of indie treatment. Good for Microsoft and Xbox One owners.

This is what i want from next gen(current gen/whatever)consoles,more games like the PC has,and more diverse games,PC get all kinds of cool stuff(just thinking of that Euro Truck Driving game for one)

Kickstarters in the past for pretty cool games have always been for PC/Mac,never 360 or PS3,so i am hoping kickstarter peeps can now start adding XB1 and PS4 to their projects